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Featherweight, Freestyle (≤62 kilograms), Men

Date27 – 31 July 1976
StatusOlympic
LocationAréna Maurice-Richard, Montréal, Québec / Centre Pierre-Charbonneau, Parc olympique, Montréal, Québec
Participants17 from 17 countries
FormatScoring by negative points, with negative points given for any result short of a fall. Accumulation of 6 negative points eliminated the wrestler, but a wrestler could not be eliminated after a victory. When three or fewer wrestlers remained, they advanced to a final round, with preliminary results carried forward.

The two favorites were Mongolian Zevegiin Oidov, the 1974-75 World Champion, and Bulgarian Ivan Yankov, the 1973 and 1975 European Champion. Yankov was eliminated after round five after being thrown by Oidov, who made it to the final match against Korean Yang Jeong-Mo, bronze medalist at the 1975 Worlds. The arcane bad points system was at its best in this class, as Oidov defeated Yang by decision, 10-8. The bronze medal went to American Gene Davis, who had also defeated Oidov in round one, based on fewer bad points after six rounds than Iran’s Mohsen Farahvash. Yang had defeated Davis by fall in round six, which gave him the gold medal. Davis, Oidov, and Yang all had a 1-1 record head-to-head, with that victory by fall being decisive for Yang, giving him only 3 final round bad points, with Oidov having 4 and Davis 5. Oidov also competed at the 1972 and 1980 Olympics but this was his only classified finish. Davis had wrestled in this class at München in 1972 but was eliminated early.

PosCompetitor(s)NOCREBad Points
1Yang Jeong-MoKOR––Gold
2Zevegiin OidovMGL––Silver
3Gene DavisUSA––Bronze
4Mohsen FarahvashIRI––
5Ivan YankovBUL––
6Sergey TimofeyevURS––
7Kenkichi MaekawaJPN––
8Helmut StrumpfGDR––
ACEduard GirayFRGEliminated r4/79,0
ACPetre ComanROUEliminated r3/77,0
ACEgon BeilerCANEliminated r3/77,5
ACVehbi AkdağTUREliminated r3/77,5
ACThéodule ToulotteFRAEliminated r3/78,0
ACMihály FodorHUNEliminated r2/77,0
ACMarco TeránECUEliminated r2/78,0
ACKenneth DawesGBREliminated r2/78,0
ACBenjamín VarelaPUREliminated r2/78,0

Round One (27 July 1976 — 11:45)

PosCompetitor(s)NOCBad Points
=1Ivan YankovBUL0,0
=1Théodule ToulotteFRA0,0
=1Helmut StrumpfGDR0,0
=1Sergey TimofeyevURS0,0
5Yang Jeong-MoKOR0,5
=6Eduard GirayFRG1,0
=6Kenkichi MaekawaJPN1,0
=6Vehbi AkdağTUR1,0
=6Gene DavisUSA1,0
=10Mihály FodorHUN3,0
=10Mohsen FarahvashIRI3,0
=10Zevegiin OidovMGL3,0
=10Petre ComanROU3,0
14Egon BeilerCAN3,5
=15Marco TeránECU4,0
=15Kenneth DawesGBR4,0
=15Benjamín VarelaPUR4,0

Match #1 Théodule ToulotteFRA
fall (5:47)
Marco TeránECU
Match #2 Gene DavisUSA
decision (15-8)
Zevegiin OidovMGL
Match #3 Eduard GirayFRG
decision (6-4)
Mihály FodorHUN
Match #4 Sergey TimofeyevURS
fall (1:41)
Kenneth DawesGBR
Match #5 Helmut StrumpfGDR
fall (1:30)
Benjamín VarelaPUR
Match #6 Yang Jeong-MoKOR
decision (18-7)
Egon BeilerCAN
Match #7 Vehbi AkdağTUR
decision (8-6)
Mohsen FarahvashIRI
Match #8 Kenkichi MaekawaJPN
decision (8-4)
Petre ComanROU
Match #9 Ivan YankovBUL bye

Round Two (28 July 1976 — 11:40)

PosCompetitor(s)NOCBad Points
=1Ivan YankovBUL0,0
=1Sergey TimofeyevURS0,0
3Yang Jeong-MoKOR0,5
=4Eduard GirayFRG1,0
=4Gene DavisUSA1,0
=6Zevegiin OidovMGL3,0
=6Petre ComanROU3,0
=8Théodule ToulotteFRA4,0
=8Helmut StrumpfGDR4,0
=8Mohsen FarahvashIRI4,0
=8Kenkichi MaekawaJPN4,0
=8Vehbi AkdağTUR4,0
13Egon BeilerCAN4,5
14Mihály FodorHUN7,0eliminated
=15Marco TeránECU8,0eliminated
=15Kenneth DawesGBR8,0eliminated
=15Benjamín VarelaPUR8,0eliminated

Match #1 Ivan YankovBUL
DQ (7:35)
Marco TeránECU
Match #2 Gene DavisUSA
fall (8:38)
Théodule ToulotteFRA
Match #3 Zevegiin OidovMGL
DQ (7:12)
Mihály FodorHUN
Match #4 Eduard GirayFRG
DQ (8:24)
Kenneth DawesGBR
Match #5 Sergey TimofeyevURS
fall (1:22)
Benjamín VarelaPUR
Match #6 Yang Jeong-MoKOR
fall (0:33)
Helmut StrumpfGDR
Match #7 Egon BeilerCAN
decision (10-7)
Vehbi AkdağTUR
Match #8 Mohsen FarahvashIRI
criteria (4-4)
Kenkichi MaekawaJPN
Match #9 Petre ComanROU bye

Round Three (29 July 1976 — 11:29)

PosCompetitor(s)NOCBad Points
1Ivan YankovBUL0,0
=2Yang Jeong-MoKOR1,0
=2Gene DavisUSA1,0
=4Zevegiin OidovMGL3,0
=4Sergey TimofeyevURS3,0
6Kenkichi MaekawaJPN4,0
=7Helmut StrumpfGDR5,0
=7Eduard GirayFRG5,0
=7Mohsen FarahvashIRI5,0
10Petre ComanROU7,0eliminated
=11Egon BeilerCAN7,5eliminated
=11Vehbi AkdağTUR7,5eliminated
13Théodule ToulotteFRA8,0eliminated

Match #1 Ivan YankovBUL
decision (14-2)
Petre ComanROU
Match #2 Zevegiin OidovMGL
fall (8:23)
Théodule ToulotteFRA
Match #3 Gene DavisUSA
fall (7:53)
Eduard GirayFRG
Match #4 Helmut StrumpfGDR
decision (17-13)
Sergey TimofeyevURS
Match #5 Yang Jeong-MoKOR
decision (17-6)
Vehbi AkdağTUR
Match #6 Mohsen FarahvashIRI
decision (9-5)
Egon BeilerCAN
Match #7 Kenkichi MaekawaJPN bye

Round Four (30 July 1976 — 15:43)

PosCompetitor(s)NOCBad Points
=1Yang Jeong-MoKOR1,0
=1Gene DavisUSA1,0
3Zevegiin OidovMGL3,0
=4Ivan YankovBUL4,0
=4Kenkichi MaekawaJPN4,0
6Mohsen FarahvashIRI5,0
7Sergey TimofeyevURS7,0eliminated
=8Helmut StrumpfGDR9,0eliminated
=8Eduard GirayFRG9,0eliminated

Match #1 Kenkichi MaekawaJPN
DQ (passivity)
Ivan YankovBUL
Match #2 Gene DavisUSA
decision (29-13)
Sergey TimofeyevURS
Match #3 Zevegiin OidovMGL
DQ (5:36)
Helmut StrumpfGDR
Match #4 Yang Jeong-MoKOR
fall (3:21)
Eduard GirayFRG
Match #5 Mohsen FarahvashIRI bye

Round Five (31 July 1976 — 16:03)

PosCompetitor(s)NOCBad Points
1Yang Jeong-MoKOR1,0
2Zevegiin OidovMGL3,0
3Gene DavisUSA4,0
4Mohsen FarahvashIRI6,0
5Ivan YankovBUL8,0eliminated

Match #1 Mohsen FarahvashIRI
decision (18-12)
Gene DavisUSA
Match #2 Zevegiin OidovMGL
fall (8:46)
Ivan YankovBUL
Match #3 Yang Jeong-MoKOR bye

Round Six (31 July 1976)

PosCompetitor(s)NOCBad Points
1Yang Jeong-MoKOR1,0
2Zevegiin OidovMGL3,0
3Gene DavisUSA8,0eliminated
4Mohsen FarahvashIRI10,0eliminated

Match #1 Yang Jeong-MoKOR
fall (5:54)
Gene DavisUSA
Match #2 Zevegiin OidovMGL
DQ (7:44)
Mohsen FarahvashIRI

Final Round (31 July 1976 — 20:35)

Match #1 Zevegiin OidovMGL
decision (10-8)
Yang Jeong-MoKOR